What's in it?
It sets out the key statutory requirements of section 12 of the Children Act 2004 in relation to the use of ContactPoint, the national database of children and young people, and provides support to ensure appropriate use and operation.
Plans include:
The purpose of ContactPoint is to support practitioners, local authorities and other organisations in fulfilling statutory duties relating to children. It will be a quick way for a practitioner to find out who else is working with the same young person. This consultation offers draft guidance for its use.
What people say about it:
Guy Herbert, general secretary at campaign group NO2ID, says: "We are outraged and opposed to ContactPoint. It's a repackage of the children's Information Sharing Index and is a destruction of confidentiality. We don't think it can add to the benefits of young people and is in fact dangerous."
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